Friendship

Overview
The Friendship system governs how you unlock new Hunters, advance on their personal quest-lines and stories, and unlock unique cosmetics such as skins and titles, as well as unique Legendary items as quest rewards that synergize with that Hunter.

Friendship is supposed to be accrued over time and multiple different activities, and players must focus on a few Hunters at a time. It is similar to "Faction-farming" systems in MMOs, but with a more interesting, personal spin to it.

You don't have to necessarily play as a Hunter to increase your Friendship level with that Hunter.

Unlocking a Hunter
Friendship Level 0 means that you cannot play as that Hunter. To unlock a Hunter, you must upgrade his/her Friendship Level to at least 1 (see below).

Friendship Points and Friendship Level
Friendship level is represented by 5 hearts, and start at 0 (no hearts filled). To increase it, you must obtain Friendship enough Friendship points for that Hunter to increase his/her level.

Level 1 Friendship Quest
Before unlocking a Hunter (Friendship Level 0), there is a long quest-line available for each Hunter that provides enough Friendship Points for the first level. This is the simpler and most straightforward way to level up Friendship.

Weekly Friendship Quests
After Friendship Level 1, each Hunter hands out a weekly-resetting set of Friendship Quests that award plenty of Friendship Points if completed.

Gifts
You can earn special items known as "Gifts" from login rewards, events, or just random drops when killing Champions or Bosses. Each Gift will "please" only certain Hunters, as stated in their descriptions. You can only hand Gifts to Hunters that would be pleased by them, and in return win a good chunk of Friendship points.

For example, Movie Tickets will only please Ace, Raff or Jimmy.

Friendship Missions
Before you increase the Friendship Level, after acquiring enough Friendship Points, you must complete a special Mission. Story and content of that Mission is unique to each Hunter and each Friendship Level, and will usually involve something from their personal stories.

There is no matchmaking for Friendship Missions due to spoilers, but you can invite Friends if you need assistance. Only you, however, will increase the Hunter's Friendship Level.

There is also a minimum required level to start the Mission, so you cannot rush through the personal story of each Hunter even if you have the Friendship Points to do so.

Sign Affinity
Affinity between the player's Sign and the Hunter's determines how many Friendsip Points are required for each level.

Seven's Friendship Level
Seven is unique in that you cannot increase his/hers Friendship level directly as you would with other Hunters. Every time you earn Friendship Points with other Hunters, a small percentage is converted into Friendship Points for Seven. It is only possible to reach maximum Friendship Level with Seven after doing so with multiple Hunters.